Spennymoor AAP is made up of seven public representatives, seven partner representatives and seven county councillors. They are:

Public representatives

Nikki Skinner

Agnes Armstrong

Sandra Wyper

Pat Lawton

Norman Vaulks

Kay Seymour

Bill Noble (Chair)

Partner representatives

Ian Walker (Livin)

Inspector Warren Edwards (Spennymoor Neighbourhood Police)

Mick Clark (Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service)

De Hickson

Barbara Harker

Nigel James

Jenny Haworth (DCC) (Vice Chair)

County and parish councillors

Councillor Liz Maddison

Vacant

Councillor Neil Grayson

Councillor Kevin Thompson (Vice Chair)

Councillor Ian Geldard

Councillor Paul Humble

Councillor Michael Ord (Croxdale & Hett Parish Councillor)

Our forum

The forum meets twice a year and is open to local people, businesses and organisations. It sets the AAP's priorities which it seeks to address through its projects and monitors the progress of these.

Forum members

Get involved with your local community!

Forum members can share their opinions and ideas with the AAP team and take part in task and finish groups to help achieve the priorities. Please contact us for the latest meeting dates and let us know beforehand if you'd like to attend so that we can make sure there's enough paperwork and seating available.

Joining the AAP

Get involved with your local community!

If you would like to have a say and influence decisions that affect your area join your local AAP. As a local forum member you'll be invited to meetings and events to discuss community issues.

Spennymoor AAP It's Up 2 U Event - Saturday 2nd March 2019

Local organisations across the Spennymoor AAP area are set to benefit from the It's Up 2 U Community Grant Fund again.

The fund, which is being made available through the Spennymoor Area Action Partnership (AAP), has proven again to be very popular with 27 local groups and organisations vying for a share of the £25,000 grant pot.

The decision on who gets the money will be made by members of the public who will get to vote on their chosen projects at the event being held on 2 March 2019 at Spennymoor Leisure Centre between 10am - 2pm. As long as you live, work, volunteer or study in the Spennymoor AAP area and are 11 years old or over, you will have the opportunity to vote on projects that will benefit the local community.

At the event projects local to the area will be showcasing what they do and what they'd like the money for. After viewing the projects people will be asked to complete a ballot paper and vote for which projects they would like funding to be awarded to.

This year the projects have been grouped depending on the amount of money they have applied for. If a project has applied for a £1,250 grant or lower they are in Group A. If a project has applied for higher than this then they will be in Group B. Group A has a total of £10,000 to be allocated to projects and Group B has a total of £15,000 to be allocated to projects.

At the event members of the public will also have the opportunity to vote on the priorities which they think the Spennymoor AAP should focus on for the 2019/20 financial year.

The event promises to be a really exciting opportunity for members of our community to get involved in making local decisions. You can only do this by being there on the day so make sure that you come along and make your vote count!

A full list of the projects and the groups/organisations vying for your votes are listed below:

Our priorities

Task and finish groups meet on a regular basis to discuss relevant issues and develop projects to address the AAP's priorities. Each task group is made up of forum members, board members, and representatives of those organisations whose co-operation is needed to get the job done.

Local Environment and Town Centre

This Task group supports opportunities that culture, tourism and heritage bring to the area and the issues that the AAP can help with to improve environmental issues.